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Bashful320 Avatar
Bashful320
Posts: 27
Posted: 07.08.09, 02:46 PM
Great video. Loved what he said about how Budweiser has more drinkability because it's closer to water, doesn't taste "beery" :P - so true..
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ladyfox14
Posts: 29
Posted: 06.26.09, 04:54 PM
@pokerandwine - Ah, my bad. As for preferring imported Guinness to local SF Anchor Steam, it's all personal preference. There are also people who don't drink beer at all (blasphemy, I say.)
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pokerandwine
Posts: 25
Posted: 06.26.09, 12:51 AM
@ladyfox14: I actually meant trying to drink beer from different wine and champagne glasses. mburlison posted a great link to answer your question on which beers go well with particular wine and beer glasses (page 1 of this forum).
@mavallarino: Your beer theory is very limited in scope. Let's suppose I'm a huge fan of Guinness. Although the freshest Guinness must be brewed in London, I shoudn't go all the way there to consume it. I might still prefer the imported Guinness to the local San Franciscan Anchor Steam. It all depends on your taste buds.
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ladyfox14
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Posted: 06.25.09, 03:11 PM
@mavallarino - Hmm, I think when @pokerandwine mentioned drinking beers in different glasses, I think poker meant in different beer glasses, not wine glasses. Since I drink wine, I'm not sure how I feel about drinking beer in wine glasses. I'm sure it makes for an interesting experience. Red wine cups are meant to help the wine breathe better whereas white wine does not necessarily need to breathe. And I am guessing that the champagne glasses were built to better keep the bubbles fizzier for a longer period of time. Which beers did you find get better when drinking out of wine stemware?
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ladyfox14
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Posted: 06.25.09, 03:05 PM
@sciencequiche - I'm sorry, I didn't mean it that way. And two hands to chug the beer...does that mean he will have one beer per hand?
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Posts: 22
Posted: 06.25.09, 08:46 AM
Fantastic intervention! I think one must first make beer to enjoy it fully.

For sciencequiche: it's the content, not the style that is important.

For Nick (and others): 'drinkable' could be a bit subjective. I would define this as "easy to drink" or highly carbonated and closer to water than anything else. Have you ever tried an un carbonated Belgian quadruple? This you will find a bit less drinkable and thus you will consume less as a result. The idea for Budweiser is to "push" product in the most efficient way, statistically and quantatatively speaking with advanced methods for production, weather and logistics. The product isn't important, it is an "idea" that Budweiser is selling - and this represents their savvy "marketing". Besides, what do you think it would do to the market for Malt and grains if Budweiser used 100% malt? What makes you think that rice is the only material Budweiser uses for a malt substitute?

For others regarding glasses: I taste all my beers in different wine glasses. I have done some personal experiments with this and have found that wine stemware will bring out the best and the worst of a beer - great if you are trying to improve your beers.

My theory: beer and ales can only be consumed and produced locally. The most important ingredient for making beer is water and natural ingredients. I like to compare it to barbeque, Texas BBQ is different than Memphis BBQ and they cannot be consumed anywhere else no matter how much you try.
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Nick Avatar
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Posted: 06.24.09, 04:35 PM
Great program, and great article, rooney. I, too, have always wondered what those Bud Light commercials mean when they say their beer is "drinkable." It doesn't make any sense. When is beer not drinkable? When it's frozen? It's like their ad department had to make up a new word to describe the taste because any typical way of describing the taste would be negative.

In all fairness, though, McLean himself uses "drinkability" when he talks about the beer he's drinking here, so maybe it does have some legit use. But I would hope the "drinkability" of an Anchor brew would be higher than that of a Bud Light.
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rooney
Posts: 1
Posted: 06.24.09, 11:58 AM
what kind of science goes into making flavorless beers like coors light? what exactly does the "light" mean from a science perspective? i found a pretty funny article on light beer over at onthebutton: http://onthebutton.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/light_beer/
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pokerandwine
Posts: 25
Posted: 06.24.09, 11:55 AM
@mburlison Thanks for the great information. Next time I will definitely try it from a flute or goblet.
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sciencequiche
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Posted: 06.24.09, 12:40 AM
I was the fool pushing the mic in Dave's face. Next time we'll set up a lavalier mic on the speaker so he had both hands to chug that beer.
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